The Citadel graduated nearly 400 cadets and active duty military personnel on Saturday, May 8, 2004. South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford was the commencement speaker.

Cadets with a single asterisk by their name indicates Dean's List recognition for spring 2004, which is given to those cadets registered for 12 or more semester hours whose grade point ratio is 3.2 or higher with no grade below a C for the previous semester's work.

Gold Star recognition for the spring 2004 semester is noted with a double asterisk. Gold Stars are awarded to cadets on the Dean's List who have made a grade point ratio of 3.7 or higher for the work of a semester.